Awesome, Happy Birthday April 29th in History 1429: The seige of Orleans is lifted by Joan of Arc 1852: First edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published 1913: The modern form of the zip fastener is patented 1945: The German armed foces in Italy surrender to the allies 1975: US Forces pull out of Vietnam April 29th birthdays 1854: Henri Poincare, French mathematician 1863: William Randolph Hearst, American publisher 1899: 'Duke' Ellington, US bandleader 1901: Emperor Hirohito of Japan 1907: Fred Zinneman, American director 1937: Saddam Hussein, Iraqi leader 1957: Daniel Day Lewis, British actor 1957: Michelle Pfeiffer, American film actress